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the answer, michael dukakis and john kerry. kerry was the lieutenant governor of massachusetts under dukakis in the early '80s. we think john kerry is the only ever sitting lieutenant governor to eventually make it as far as a nominee for president in a major party. are we right about that? we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] where do you turn for legal matters? at legalzoom, we've created a better place to handle your legal needs. maybe you have questions about incorporating a business you'd like to start. or questions about protecting your family with a will or living trust. and you'd like to find the right attorney to help guide you along, answer any questions and offer advice. with an "a" rating from the better business bureau legalzoom helps you get personalized and affordable legal protection. in most states, a legal plan attorney is available with every personalized document to answer any questions. get started at legalzoom.com today. and now you're protected. live pictures of capitol hill. this is where senator kerr
the answer, michael dukakis and john kerry. kerry was the lieutenant governor of massachusetts under dukakis in the early '80s. we think john kerry is the only ever sitting lieutenant governor to eventually make it as far as a nominee for president in a major party. are we right about that? we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] where do you turn for legal matters? at legalzoom, we've created a better place to handle your legal needs. maybe you have questions about incorporating a business...
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you mentioned john kerry, the incoming secretary of state. he has called for a freezing of settlements, but he's also called for a two-state solution. how does he go to israel, netanyahu elected, at least in part, with the strong support of the right, who does not want that. how does john kerry go to israel, and to your point say, look, your future as a jewish democracy depends on you changing or breaking with some of the people who got you elected. how do you make that case? put yourself in his shoes. >> i wouldn't presume to tell bibi netanyahu what's in his security interests. that's for the israelis to decide and they should decide it. and the same with the other countries in the region. but john kerry's an old friend of bibi netanyahu. u.s. policy opposes the settlements. u.s. policy is for a two-state solution. there are confidence build measures going on outside of this television program, so something is happening there. but i think that john kerry quietly and artfully can begin a new conversation. and he's a very good choice for secr
you mentioned john kerry, the incoming secretary of state. he has called for a freezing of settlements, but he's also called for a two-state solution. how does he go to israel, netanyahu elected, at least in part, with the strong support of the right, who does not want that. how does john kerry go to israel, and to your point say, look, your future as a jewish democracy depends on you changing or breaking with some of the people who got you elected. how do you make that case? put yourself in...
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brennan and incoming secretary of state john kerry represent a shift in the way the u.s. wages war and the president's attempts to put an imprint on u.s. foreign policy. today, hagel will have his first chance to publicly respond to his critics, in a 112-page questionnaire requested by the committee, hagel begins to do that on iran and israel. this is what he said in the questionnaire, and he'll be questioned about this today. on the questionnaire, i am committed to considering all options to counter iran and its aggression and to maintain u.s. support for missile defense systems in israel. translation, he's for unilateral military action if necessary against iran. more. "if iran continues to flout its international obligations, it should continue to face severe and growing consequences. while there is time and space for diplomacy, backed by pressure, the window is closing." this is what he says on gay rights in the questionnaire, "i fully support gay and lesbian women serving openly in the u.s. military and am committed to a full implementation of the repeal of don't ask
brennan and incoming secretary of state john kerry represent a shift in the way the u.s. wages war and the president's attempts to put an imprint on u.s. foreign policy. today, hagel will have his first chance to publicly respond to his critics, in a 112-page questionnaire requested by the committee, hagel begins to do that on iran and israel. this is what he said in the questionnaire, and he'll be questioned about this today. on the questionnaire, i am committed to considering all options to...
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president obama nominated john kerry for secretary of state before christmas. now he's running out his national security team, chuck hagel, john brennan. the president essentially walked away from susan rice. why does he want this fight? >> it's a great political idea on his behalf. if there's a big fight over this defense pick, it's going to be between republicans. right? republicans are in disarray on a number of issues. speaker boehner just survived a confidence vote that was a little bit dicier than we originally thought. there's a disagreeance on spending and a bunch of other issues. there's disagreements on defense. there's some new republicans who say, hey, we've got to stop this kind of knee network promilitary, pro interventionism out there. those people really like chuck hagel. there's other republicans who really hate chuck hagel. let this fight be between republicans i'm thinking is what barack obama is looking at. >> chuck hagel has managed to make people e iing jewish group rights groups. as he put it, i'm a united states senator. i'm not an israe
president obama nominated john kerry for secretary of state before christmas. now he's running out his national security team, chuck hagel, john brennan. the president essentially walked away from susan rice. why does he want this fight? >> it's a great political idea on his behalf. if there's a big fight over this defense pick, it's going to be between republicans. right? republicans are in disarray on a number of issues. speaker boehner just survived a confidence vote that was a little...
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kerry's seat, assuming john kerry does become the next secretary of state. he seems to have taken -- mr. brown, that is, taking on ed markey, who is a possible opponent. yesterday on the jim and marjorie show, their last program of last year, brown questioned markey's residency. >> you have to check the travel record. i see most of the delegation. i have never seen ed on the airplane, ever. >> senator kerry, by the way, is back, the long-time massachusetts congressman, markey and a whole bunch of others rallied around him. scott brown is supposedly wondering whether to become governor or attempt to be not someone who loses two senate seats in less than a year. south carolina governor nikki haley announced the special election to fill soon to be scott's house seat will be may 7th. scott officially resigned from the house yesterday. >>> and finally, school students from sandy hook elementary, they will return to class this morning. it's been nearly a month since a gunman shot and killed 26 very small children and the adults in that school still being treated a
kerry's seat, assuming john kerry does become the next secretary of state. he seems to have taken -- mr. brown, that is, taking on ed markey, who is a possible opponent. yesterday on the jim and marjorie show, their last program of last year, brown questioned markey's residency. >> you have to check the travel record. i see most of the delegation. i have never seen ed on the airplane, ever. >> senator kerry, by the way, is back, the long-time massachusetts congressman, markey and a...
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whether it was john kerry or john mccain, they sort of laookd out for each other on some issues. have you guys gotten together as a group in the house, the iraq and afghanistan veterans? have you gotten together? do you get together often, or is it interspersed? >> we have not yet gotten together. i am very much looking forward to it. i have already started talking to a lot of the other vets who are here, including those, who like me, are still serving in the national guard or reserves, talking about last weekend. we had to go home for drill weekend. and we were all rung for the airport, so we could make it home to our states and show up for military duty on the weekend. i also have reached out to members who served in previous era, congressman paul cook, a republican freshman and i, had some great conversations. and he's a combat vet from vietnam. so i look forward to developing those relationships and using those to get more work done in general for the people of this country. >> i know that domestic issues, spending, that was a big part of your campaign, and you know, joe wals
whether it was john kerry or john mccain, they sort of laookd out for each other on some issues. have you guys gotten together as a group in the house, the iraq and afghanistan veterans? have you gotten together? do you get together often, or is it interspersed? >> we have not yet gotten together. i am very much looking forward to it. i have already started talking to a lot of the other vets who are here, including those, who like me, are still serving in the national guard or reserves,...
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chuck hagel and john kerry, they're going to lead u.s. national security policy. president tried to preempt criticism of hagel yesterday, in fact, by selling that biography. almost daring critics to vote against someone who had given so much to this country. >> to this day, chuck bears the scars and the shrapnel from battles he fought in our name. chuck knows that war is not an abstraction. he understands that sending young americans to fight and bleed in the dirt and mud u that's something we only do when it's absolutely necessary. >> that message may be aimed at potential critics, like another vietnam veteran, senator john mccain who hagel split with over the troop surge in iraq. who responded to hagel's nomination saying, "i have serious concerns about positions senator hagel has taken on a range of critical national security issues and here's the most important part of that quote, "in recent years." he is aware of the quotes he said about hagel six or seven years ago. they've got five purple hearts between them. that's the kind of people we want withdrawing fr
chuck hagel and john kerry, they're going to lead u.s. national security policy. president tried to preempt criticism of hagel yesterday, in fact, by selling that biography. almost daring critics to vote against someone who had given so much to this country. >> to this day, chuck bears the scars and the shrapnel from battles he fought in our name. chuck knows that war is not an abstraction. he understands that sending young americans to fight and bleed in the dirt and mud u that's...
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the senate is expected to vote on john kerry's nomination to be secretary of state today. easy confirmation. if he's confirmed and if his letter of resignation is received tomorrow, massachusetts will set the special general election for june 25th. the primaries take place april 30th. governor deval patrick is expected to announce his pick of interim senator to fill the seat till the special election which he talked about yesterday. >> abb your philosophy, sir? >> what does that mean? >> anybody but barney? >> no, don't be like that. >> this is a chance for you to make history. are you going to make history? >> well, i'm going to make an appointment of someone i'm confident will be a good steward in the interests of the people of the commonwealth for the four or five months until the people elect their permanent representative. >> and she's promised not to run in the election? >> nice try. >> well, that she there, that was a reference to vickie kennedy who is a apparently definitely on the short list. along with former congressman barney frank and patrick's former chief of
the senate is expected to vote on john kerry's nomination to be secretary of state today. easy confirmation. if he's confirmed and if his letter of resignation is received tomorrow, massachusetts will set the special general election for june 25th. the primaries take place april 30th. governor deval patrick is expected to announce his pick of interim senator to fill the seat till the special election which he talked about yesterday. >> abb your philosophy, sir? >> what does that...
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the gap got wider when john kerry lost in 2004. you see the pattern here. president obama improved on those numbers slightly in 2008, but still lost both states and his numbers fell off the table, if you will, this past november, the gap nearly doubled to 180,000 in west virginia and he lost kentucky by more than 400,000 votes. but last year, the war on coal had become a familiar theme on billboards, campaign signs and on tv. coal related donors poured more than $12 million into the campaign. 90% of it to republican, believe it or not, but to blame the president's agenda doesn't take in the bigger picture. coal production has dropped because demand is down and easily accessible coal has disappeared. low cost natural gas and fracking threatens to cut them even more. never the less, the politics of the war on coal seems to be solidly on the side of the republicans and senator rockefell rockefeller's retirement creates a prime opportunity for the west virginia gop. shelley cap toe has said she's running and said it will play a role. >> we continue to stand up
the gap got wider when john kerry lost in 2004. you see the pattern here. president obama improved on those numbers slightly in 2008, but still lost both states and his numbers fell off the table, if you will, this past november, the gap nearly doubled to 180,000 in west virginia and he lost kentucky by more than 400,000 votes. but last year, the war on coal had become a familiar theme on billboards, campaign signs and on tv. coal related donors poured more than $12 million into the campaign....
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there's no one in the cabinet now, arguably the new team arguably john kerry who has an independent political identity or stature or constituency. there's no hagel doctrine that he represents. >> team of rivals it is not. >> what he did in the first term was did the team of rivals but if you remember he did the czars. >> he was consolidating power inside the white house. >> he had all of those people running those other people. this time he said, i don't care, i'm going to put the people in i want. and they are the czars, this is a czar administration, i don't need the czars inside. >> do you think the cabinet will have a higher profile or do you think we'll be back -- a lot of cabinet members are like, this has not been the greatest experience for them. >> i don't think we're going to see a big change in the way cabinet members are used but the way the president thinks about this, this is my foreign policy team, it's important to look at what the whole team looks like, not just the individuals. >> i'm going to take a quick break. this was a fun one. since 1856, how many people have been a de
there's no one in the cabinet now, arguably the new team arguably john kerry who has an independent political identity or stature or constituency. there's no hagel doctrine that he represents. >> team of rivals it is not. >> what he did in the first term was did the team of rivals but if you remember he did the czars. >> he was consolidating power inside the white house. >> he had all of those people running those other people. this time he said, i don't care, i'm going...
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kerry, the expected successor to hillary clinton. i'm told, do not expect to see kerry even in the room today. he is recusing himself, so today's committee will be chaired by the next most senior democrat, and that is bob me n menendez of new jersey. barbara boxer also has seniority in this committee, but she is the chair of another committee, so the way the rules will work, it will be bob menendez of new jersey who will be chairing this. interesting to watch, a couple of the senators who might be in a 2016 frame of mind, marco rubio, rand paul, perhaps, they also did not serve with hillary clinton as a senator. so the tone might be different there. there's a lot of respect on both sides of the aisle from those senators who did know her personally, while she was a member of the u.s. senate. chris? >> well, you've set it up pretty well there, it seems, because you've got a very formidable political presence there. hillary clinton, we just looked at the new numbers on her, she's three to one popular. do you think that will make the rep
kerry, the expected successor to hillary clinton. i'm told, do not expect to see kerry even in the room today. he is recusing himself, so today's committee will be chaired by the next most senior democrat, and that is bob me n menendez of new jersey. barbara boxer also has seniority in this committee, but she is the chair of another committee, so the way the rules will work, it will be bob menendez of new jersey who will be chairing this. interesting to watch, a couple of the senators who might...
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and obviously, john kerry had his first appearance before a senate panel yesterday, getting some tough questions about benghazi as hillary clinton did this week as well. >> reporter: he was, luke. and by all accounts, senator kerry's nomination is really expected to sail through. everyone expects him to be confirmed. but what happened yesterday is that he got some tough questions about secretary clinton's testimony a day earlier on benghazi. what the administration knew, when they knew it. secretary clinton got some tough questions from senator johnson. she responded by saying, what did it matter, at one point, in a heated moment, and senator kerry was asked about that exchange yesterday. take a listen. >> secretary clinton's reaction was, and i quote, "what difference, at this point, does it make?" are you willing to work with me, or do you basically kind of agree with hillary clinton, with that that's kind of yesterday's news and let's move on? >> well, senator, if you're trying to get some daylight between me and secretary clinton, that's not going to happen here today. >> i didn't
and obviously, john kerry had his first appearance before a senate panel yesterday, getting some tough questions about benghazi as hillary clinton did this week as well. >> reporter: he was, luke. and by all accounts, senator kerry's nomination is really expected to sail through. everyone expects him to be confirmed. but what happened yesterday is that he got some tough questions about secretary clinton's testimony a day earlier on benghazi. what the administration knew, when they knew...
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kerry who if confirmed both have more cautious views about the use of military force, president obama seems to be protecting himself from a scenario where he gets boxed in politically by the pentagon like some believe the president believes he was in 2011. hagel, though, still has his own fight on his hands. yet senator john mccain acknowledged that his skepticism about the nomination of his long time friend and ally has its roots, and why they've split since, has its roots in the fact that hagel split with mccain on the iraq surge. >> we both knew that we were losing the war in iraq. lindsey graham and i and joe lieberman and others said we need a surge. and the president somewhat reluctantly adopted the surge and it succeeded. senator hagel obviously said it couldn't. and he called it the biggest blunder since the vietnam war. that is a really gross misconception of america's role there and in the world. >> south carolina senator lindsey graham said he could put a hold on cia nominee john brennan's nomination until the white house addresses questions about benghazi again. quote -- i
kerry who if confirmed both have more cautious views about the use of military force, president obama seems to be protecting himself from a scenario where he gets boxed in politically by the pentagon like some believe the president believes he was in 2011. hagel, though, still has his own fight on his hands. yet senator john mccain acknowledged that his skepticism about the nomination of his long time friend and ally has its roots, and why they've split since, has its roots in the fact that...